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A wooden grain elevator at Wawanesa, on the CNR Wawanesa Subdivision in what is now the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa, was built in 1927 and operated by Manitoba Pool Elevators. An annex was added to it in 1954 and the elevator was renovated in 1975. Closed around 1983 when the rail line was abandoned, the elevator was demolished in August 1985.
Period
Agent / Buyer
1927-1932
L. M. Firby
1932-1933
?
1933-1936
P. A. Finch
1936-1940
George Henderson
1940-1942
William Gowan
1942-1948
R. A. Brown
1948-1952
Gordon Andrew McLean (1909-1982)
1952-1956
William J. Campbell
1956-1959
J. E. Hodgins
1959-1963
J. A. Nelin
1963-1964
Robert Platt
1964-1966
J. A. Nelin
1966-1979
Isaac Quiring
1979-1980
Dennis W. Clarkson
1980-1983
Doug Longmuir
Aerial view of grain elevator at Wawanesa (1977)
Source: Manitoba Air Photo Library
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Wawanesa (no date)
Source: Joel Bouchard
Former Manitoba Pool grain elevator at Wawanesa (July 1985)
Source: John EverittSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59591, W99.68272
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Abandoned Manitoba
Manitoba Pool Fonds, S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Sipiweske: Light Through the Trees, 100 Years of Wawanesa and District by Wawanesa and District History Book Committee, c1988, page 174.
Submission to the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission by Wawanesa and Rounthwaite Pool Locals, 10 December 1975, Reg Forbes Collection, 17-2002, Series II, Box 13, Brandon 1062. S. J. McKee Archives, Brandon University.
Obituary [Gordon Andrew McLean], Brandon Sun, 9 November 1982, page 17.
We thank Janet Moore, Mike Lisowski, Joel Bouchard, and John Everitt for providing information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 March 2020
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